B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s P r o f i l e s
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The Mentone Area Arts Council has a volunteer Board of Directors that governs the Arts Council as a non-profit entity. The Arts Council strives for demographic representation on its Board, and currently includes members who are full-time residents of Mentone as well as some who are part-time residents. Board members must be committed to the sustainability of the Arts Council and must expect to be part of a working Board. The Board operates according to high standards of professionalism and accountability and has a clear Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy.
Currently, the Mentone Area Arts Council Board of Directors consists of the following members:
Randy Cochran, President
TBDHarriet O'Rear, Vice President
TBD Email: info@highhorselodge.com
Neal Whitt, Secretary
Neal hails from Birmingham but lives for his weekends on the mountain. A retired lawyer and business executive, Neal has a long history of public service, having served as President of the City Council of Mountain Brook, Alabama, Chairman of the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority, and having worked with a number of large companies throughout the state to found the Alabama Healthcare Council. Neal intends to remain active in the Mentone community and hopes that his efforts will result in a greater appreciation and support for the arts throughout the region.Tammy Beane, Treasurer
TBD
Rhonda Howell
TBDFran Myers
TBDSandra Padgett
Sandra has a history with Mentone that spans three decades. From 1980 -1991 she and husband Ray owned the Mentone Springs Hotel. Their decade of work saved the building and obtained the National Register of Historic Places designation for the historic building. After an absence of twenty years, Sandra retired to the mountain in 2010.
Her thirty-year career in real estate was devoted primarily to selling historic properties in Atlanta with her last decade in Florida being devoted to land and development projects. Sandra lacks art skills and has no practical art talent; but she has an appreciation for art of all forms. As a child when other girls bought dolls or games, she preferred to buy a print, pottery or embroidery item with her Christmas money.
Her love of music and live performances was developed during her school days in Chattanooga, Tennessee during the fifties when the city provided free concerts to students. Sandra is honored to serve on the board. MAAC’s mission of promoting both visual and performing arts matches her goal of enriching the cultural life of the community.
Jerome Stephens
TBD
Cynthia Stinson
TBD
Henry Willett
Hank Willett has been working with the arts and artists of Alabama for over 30 years. For over 13 years he served as director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture, a division of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Prior to that he served as the National Endowment for the Arts' Regional Representative to the Southern states and as Assistant Director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. He has authored and edited numerous publications, including In The Spirit: Alabama's Sacred Music Traditions, has produced award-winning documentary films and recordings, and has directed numerous festivals, concert series and exhibits. He served on the board of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, and has chaired and served on a variety of advisory panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Cultural Olympiad Committee, and state arts agencies throughout the South. He is founder of the Alabama Folklife Association. He was educated at the University of Virginia, Western Kentucky University, and Auburn University. Since 2004 he has made his home in DeKalb County, Alabama.
M e e t i n g s
The Board of Directors meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except November and December) at the Mentone Community House. See our schedule.
The Board is always interested in hearing from art lovers with special arts management skills that they would like to share with the community. If you're interested in getting involved, please contact the Mentone Area Arts Council at sandrapadgett@earthlink.net.
